The male Reed Bunting was showing particularly well in the reed bed by the Diana memorial fountain, and I think this handsome bird deserves two photographs and a video of him singing.

You can also hear a Reed Warbler in the background.

The swimming area at the Lido is closed, which makes it an ideal place for Wagtails to hunt insects. Today there were two young Grey Wagtails and two adult Pied Wagtails.

A Song Thrush often perches in a holly tree near Peter Pan, but isn't often visible so I haven't yet got a video of him singing.

Greenfinches like to perch as high as possible, so you generally have to photograph them against the sky.

Long-Tailed Tits seem to like hawthorn trees particularly, probably because they harbour a lot of insects. This one is beside the Long Water.

The pair in the Rose Garden with a nest in a broom bush were hard at work bringing insects to their young.

I saw three of them here. Probably the pair who lost their nest have joined in to feed their little nephews and nieces, which is the amiable way of Long-Tailed Tits.

The Little Owl in the alder tree on Buck Hill had a little stretch.

The hole that used to belong to the pair near the Albert Memorial is definitely occupied by a pair of Stock Doves.

I haven't seen or heard the owls here for six weeks. There are lots of trees with holes in the area.

A Herring Gull stared down at the Coots building their ill sited nest at Peter Pan. The gulls will immediately take any chicks that hatch here, as has happened again and again in previous years.

The Coots with a single chick were in undisputed possession of the abandoned Mute Swans' nest on the little island in the Long Water.

Meanwhile the swans were building a new nest in a reed bed on the west side of the lake, near the fallen horse chestnut tree. This is not a bad place, and may be safe from foxes as the reeds stand out quite a way from the shore.

My guess is that the female swan started laying eggs before they had a nest, and they hastily made one on the island, having to build it up from the flooded surface. This took some time, and the swan only managed to lay her two last eggs in the nest. Two wasn't enough to keep her sitting, so they abandoned the nest. There's no reason why they can't start again from scratch. She's still quite young -- she's the male's second mate after the first was killed -- and should be strong and fertile.

The swans' nest east of the Lido is behind a temporary barrier that keeps people from annoying the sitting bird. Her mate constantly stands in front of it and threatens any passing dogs.

A pair of Greylag Geese were fussing around together on the Serpentine island, looking as if they were planning to nest.

The single Egyptian gosling on the Serpentine is now reasonably large. For the first time I'd rate its chances of survival as better than even.